Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 61
Long and loud on the hills is the shout of his swarthy admirers and backers; "But the race is not won till it's out," said DuLuth, to himself as he gathered, With a frown on his face, for the foot of the wily Tamdóka had tripped him.
Who acts: Long shout, Duluth · What happens: be, not win out, say, gather, trip · To what, where: Long shout, race, shout, foot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Long shout, Duluth), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 shout | amod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 loud | cc |
| 3 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Long | conj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 hills | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hills | det |
| 6 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 loud | obl |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 shout | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shout | det |
| 9 | shout | shout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 said | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 admirers | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 admirers | nmod:poss |
| 12 | swarthy | swarthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 admirers | amod |
| 13 | admirers | admirer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 shout | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 backers | cc |
| 15 | backers | backer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 admirers | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 won | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 won | punct |
| 18 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 won | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 race | det |
| 20 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 won | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 won | aux:pass |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 won | advmod |
| 23 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 shout | parataxis |
| 24 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 27 out | mark |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 out | nsubj |
| 26 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 out | cop |
| 27 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 won | compound:prt |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 out | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 won | punct |
| 30 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 31 | DuLuth | DuLuth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 said | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 himself | punct |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 himself | case |
| 34 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 30 said | obl |
| 35 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 37 gathered | mark |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 gathered | nsubj |
| 37 | gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 said | ccomp |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 frown | punct |
| 39 | With | with | ADP | _ | 41 frown | case |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 frown | det |
| 41 | frown | frown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 gathered | obl |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 face | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 face | nmod:poss |
| 44 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 frown | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 foot | punct |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 foot | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 foot | det |
| 48 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 tripped | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 Tamdóka | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Tamdóka | det |
| 51 | wily | wily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 Tamdóka | amod |
| 52 | Tamdóka | Tamdóka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 foot | nmod |
| 53 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 tripped | aux |
| 54 | tripped | trip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 gathered | conj |
| 55 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 tripped | obj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be speech: express | present | the Long shout | of shout's swarthy admirers and backers | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not win out in a quote | present · passive | the race | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the Long shout | shout | DuLuth nsubj | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | |||
| 4 | gather | past | Duluth | with a frown on shout's face | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with frown=Co-Patient | ||||
| 5 | trip | past · perfect · passive | the foot of the wily Tamdóka | Tamdóka obj | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, Project Gutenberg book 8122 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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